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Pte. Dennis Bernard Day

Australian Imperial Forces 33rd Btn.

from:Manilla, New South Wales

(d.7th Jun 1917)

Dennis Day was born in Narrabi and worked as a farmer in Manilla, New South Wales. He was 22 years old when he enlisted and he was killed in action on the 7th of June 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Menin Gate in Ypres.

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